Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream

Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
H.G. Bissinger (Author)
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Football (American)

Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, H. G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.

• Rank: #4156 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.27" h x .98" w x 5.51" l, 1.10 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Description #1 by BMI Educational Services:

Return Once Again to the Timeless Account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa, Texas. Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, HG Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires-and sometimes shatters-the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.

Description #2 by eCrater - gbebooks:

Paperback in like new condition From Publishers Weekly Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bissinger spent 1988 in Odessa, Tex., a town obsessed with its champion high-school football team, the Permian Panthers. PW called this a "superb, if disquieting, portrait of heartland America." Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Description #3 by CDS Books and DVDS:

The classic, best-selling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, includes a new afterword that looks at the players and the town 10 years later. Photos. *Author: Bissinger, HG/ Clark, Rob, Jr. *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 367 *Publication Date: 2000/08/11 *Language: English *Dimensions: 8.20 x 5.60 x 1.00 inches